Cian Strain

“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”
― William Butler Yeats

“I respect kindness in human beings first of all, and kindness to animals. I don't respect the law; I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.”
― Brendan Behan

“I didn’t spend a lifetime studying theology, but I know that the Church was always against Ireland and for the British Empire.”
― Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy

“A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.”
― Brendan Francis